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1892 |
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Marcel Gromaire was born in Noyelles-sur-Sambre (North). |
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1909 |
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After his classical studies at Douai, then in Paris where his father was a teacher at the Buffon High School, Gromaire receives his baccalauréat in law and then quickly abandons a judiciary career path. |
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1910 |
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He frequents some studios in Montparnasse. |
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1912 |
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He performs his military service in Lille. The war begins and during his six years in the army, he is hurt (1916) at la Somme. |
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1919 |
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Gromaire returns to Paris and he ensures the cinematographic criticism of the "Crapouillot". |
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1920 |
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The notoriety of Gromaire is established and it is a meeting with Dr. Girardin who during 10 years, will buy (by contract) the whole of his production. When Dr. Girardin passed away in 1953, the Museum of Modern Art in Paris received 78 oil paintings as well as some watercolors from him. |
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1933 |
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Retrospective at the Kunsthalle de Bâle: it confirms his body of work. |
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1937 |
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Paris, Exposition Internationale: orders from the State |
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1939 - 1944 |
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He resides at Aubusson and participates in the renewal of the tapestry movement with Jean Lurçat. |
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1947 |
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He begins exhibiting at the Galerie Louis Carré |
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1950 |
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Named professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. He leaves this position in 1962. |
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1950 |
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He moves to the United States and becomes a member of the Jury for the Carnegie Prize which went to Jacques Villon that year. This same prize is awarded to him in 1952. |
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1954 |
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He is made commander of the Légion d'Honneur. |
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1956 |
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Gromaire obtains the National Guggenheim prize and in 1958 the Grand Prix National des Arts. |
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1971 |
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Gromaire passes away after a long hospitalization |
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